What did mungo park discovered

Mungo Park lived from 11 September 1771 to December 1805 or January 1806.

What did mungo park discovered

A native of Selkirkshire, he made his name as an early explorer of the African continent. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

Mungo Park was born at Foulshiels near Selkirk, where his father was a successful farmer.

The seventh of a family of thirteen he was well educated. After leaving school he took up an apprenticeship with a surgeon in Selkirk, then spent the three years from 1789 to 1791 gaining his formal qualification as a surgeon.

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Park's first job was as an assistant-surgeon on board the East India ship Worcester. While on board he made a trip to Sumatra and after returning to Scotland produced an academic paper describing eight previously unknown fishes he had found there.

In 1794 Park applied to the Africa Association to mount an expedition to build on the work of Major Daniel Houghton, wh